Associate Professor Denis Byrne and Dr Alexandra Wong are going to give presentations at the Dragon Tails Conference 2019 Researchers of the China Australia Heritage Corridor project are going to give presentations at the 6th Australasian Conference on Chinese diaspora history and Heritage—the Dragon Tails Conference which will be held from 20 to 23 November … Read more
The City of Sydney has made an interim heritage order over the building at 82-84 Dixon Street to allow City staff to consider its heritage significance and investigate permanently listing the building. The newspaper notice about the interim heritage order (dated 1 April 2019) The City of Sydney has made an interim heritage order … Read more
Researchers from the China Australia Heritage Corridor project team has given a talk on 6 April 2019 The researchers of the China Australia Heritage Corridor project team have given a talk about the project for the Chinese Heritage Association of Australia (CHAA) on 6 April 2019 at the Sydney Mechanics Schools of Arts, Sydney. Associate … Read more
The research team has been invited by the Chinese Heritage Association of Australia to give a talk on 6 April Chinese Heritage Association of Australia 澳 洲 華 人 歷 史 文 物 會 More and more Chinese-Australians whose ancestors arrived in Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are expressing an interest … Read more
Two researchers presented at 2019 Dragon Tails Conference in New Zealand Associate Professor Denis Byrne and Dr Alexandra Wong presented papers from the China-Australia Heritage Corridor project at the 6th Australasian Conference on Chinese diaspora history and heritage (Dragon Tails Conference) in Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand on 20-23 November. His paper examines the houses … Read more
The official launch of Chinatown book at TASA 2019 Conference The research team of the Chinatown Project (Professors Ien Ang, Kay Anderson, Donald McNeill and Dr Alexandra Wong) launched their book Chinatown unbound: Trans-Asian urbanism in the age of China at The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) 2019 Conference in November. Western Sydney University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Kevin Dunn and … Read more
The former Kwong War Chong Building on 82-84 Dixon Street was listed as a heritage item on Sydney Local Environment Plan 2012, effective on 15 May 2020. The former Kwong War Chong building is located in the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown in Haymarket. The Edwardian style property has three levels, and was sub-divided into two … Read more
The construction of the Zhongshan City Overseas Chinese Museum is currently underway. It is expected to open for its first exhibition in mid-late 2021. The idea of building a museum dedicated to the history of overseas Chinese who were from Zhongshan was conceived around 2013. To prepare for the museum, a team from the Zhongshan … Read more
On April 10, 2022, members of the Cairns Chinese community gathered at two of the oldest surviving cemeteries to take part in a Ching Ming (Qingming) ceremony to pay tribute to the city’s earliest Chinese settlers. On April 10, 2022, members of the Cairns Chinese community gathered at two of the oldest surviving cemeteries to … Read more
Dr Alexandra Wong gives a talk about Chinese migrants from Zhongshan at Gordon Library Zhongshan in Sydney’s Chinatown Dr Alexandra Wong has been invited to give a talk titled ‘Zhongshan in Sydney’s Chinatown’ for the History Week at Gordon Library on 8 September 2022. Her talk will focus on the historical and contemporary links between … Read more
